Some good news on competition for a change; SSDs may be getting cheaper

If the information provided to DigiTimes is correct we may be in for a price war between SSD manufacturers. We have seen price drops in flash memory, especially with the advent of TLC and asynchronous flash which have been heartily approved by most enthusiasts. However there is a chance that in the coming months competition will start driving prices of SSDs down but may have the opposite impact on other products. Micron is planning on reducing the amount of memory it sells to other companies in order to ramp up its stock of SSDs and SanDisk has jumped into the market with both feet. You can also expect to see all the major manufacturers start putting out more M.2 drives as adoption of Intel's Z97 board grows.

"The SSD industry is heading for fierce price competition as major suppliers, including Micron Technology, Intel, Kingston Technology, SanDisk and Samsung Electronics, are gearing up efforts to outperform others, according to industry sources."

Yes and as the price war starts, be on the lookout for the three card monte, you know Cheery Pick, send for review, and swap in different replacements for the retail channel, all while the eyes are focused elsewhere, slight of the hand trickery! Step Up! Step Up! Try your luck! is it Synchronous NAND, or Asynchronous NAND? Slight of Hand! Slight of Hand!

When the price war starts be on the lookout for the four ssd manufacturer monte (intel, samsung, micron, toshiba) as all other brands are pushed out of the market because none of the above will be willing to sell a competitor nand.

Not 'Slight of Hand' but 'slit the wrists of all hands without a foundry'.

Seriously, by this time next year you'll have four brands to choose from. Well five, because sandisk has a stake in Toshiba's foundry: Crucial, Intel, Samsung, OCZ and Sandisk. Everyone else will have already been bled dry.

no I am sort of like the other guy and his monte idea- Kingston already did it- and the amount of uproar was not enough to force change. that coupled with new rules against class action means more companies are probably thinking the same thing.

review the model- then switch the guts - sell cheaper- idiots will never see it coming